March 06, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that a California federal judge has ordered an oil company to pay $65 million in fines over 12 oil spills in federal waters as the result of its negligence in a "pattern of reckless disregard."
June 25, 2018
A California federal judge on Monday rejected an oil and gas company's request that he allow the Ninth Circuit to review his decision that certain waterways affected by a series of oil spills are under the Clean Water Act's jurisdiction, saying the Ninth Circuit has already said they are.
June 11, 2012
A California federal judge on Friday refused to throw out a Clean Water Act suit against energy company HVI Cat Canyon Inc. over 20 separate spills sending oil into the U.S. waters, ruling that the CWA can be applied in the area where the oil was released.